Expository Unit Vocabulary

Paraphrase: restating a text (in your own words)

Summarize: retelling main ideas (in your own words)

Quote: write EXACTLY what is written, with quotation marks around it.

Captions: Phrase or title that is used to describe an image.

Topic Sentence: start of the paragraph, usually states the main idea.

Conclusion: the end of the paper, chapter, or story.

Paragraph: A group of sentences that focus on one idea.

Introduction: The beginning of a paper, chapter, or story.

Heading: Appears at the beginning of a section/chapter and states the focus of the
reading.

Concluding Sentence: The last part of a paragraph that transitions to the next
thought.

Graphic organizer: classifies information (ex: maps, diagrams)

Diagrams: labels and illustration, identifies information in an image (ex: maps,
charts, graphic organizers)

Illustration: Image or picture relevant to the text (graph represents title, map:
country represents the name)

Plagiarism: to claim someone’s work as your own, OR to not give credit